West Virginia Mountaineers NCAA Basketball News

The Mountaineer basketball team pulled into the Charleston Marriott around 5:00 p.m. on Monday evening to rest up for tomorrow's game against Citadel.

Bridgeport hosts George Washington in a state quarterfinal rematch from a year ago.

Devin Ebanks ' unexplained leave of absence for personal reasons is serious enough that West Virginia coach Bob Huggins won't even drop a hint at what his star sophomore player is going through, when he'll return or what the long-term effects are on the team.

Back in October, when West Virginia's basketball team was a while away from the start of preseason practice but playing pickup games at the WVU Coliseum, Da'Sean Butler let outsiders in on what the Mountaineers did to pass the time.

It could be a week or a month or half a season. It could happen overnight or it could take a year or more.

"I was on the bench and we started losing and Coach Huggins called a timeout and he was screaming and I really took that to heart," Jennings said.

West Virginia officially begins one of the most anticipated basketball seasons at the school in a generation this afternoon with a game against Loyola .

On Sunday, West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins unveiled what he hopes is a masterpiece.

Sporting News college basketball expert Mike DeCourcy makes his predictions on how everything will unfold in the six major conferences.

There are those who would have you believe that it starts today, with a 1 p.m. exhibition game at the Coliseum against a Mountain State team that features the world's tallest basketball player at 7 feet, 8 inches.

In 2008-09, the Big East was the best and deepest conference in America, sending 7 teams into the NCAA Tournament, including three teams that garned a #1 seed.

The Mountaineer Men's Basketball team opened its season Sunday afternoon, at the Coliseum, with an exhibition win over Mountain State University.

The NCAA's decision to issue a 20-game suspension to West Virginia F Deniz Kilicli has had the impact one might expect on the freshman from Turkey.

It is truly the tale of two recruits, two freshmen, and two very different results.

Despite a bevy of new faces dotting league rosters in the 2009-10 season, WVIAC men's basketball coaches are calling for more of the same by making defending regular season champion West Virginia State the overwhelming favorite to repeat.

Devin Ebanks can admit it. His freshman year at the University of West Virginia had plenty of ups and downs.

West Virginia University's men's basketball team has been ranked No. 8 in the preseason Associated Press poll, announced Thursday.

You may now officially call West Virginia's men's basketball team a Top 10 team.

According to the university, the new recruit will wait to play for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia University forwards Da'Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks are two of 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy preseason watch list.